Massachusetts Republicans cheer as Dems back Markey for Senate seat

If there is such a thing as being too liberal for Massachusetts, Rep. Edward Markey may fill that requirement.
The 18-term congressman has embraced every far left cause since he entered the House in 1977 and has a voting record among the most liberal in congress.
If, as expected, former Senator Scott Brown runs in the special election to replace Secretary of State nominee John Kerry, the contrast between the two candidates would be striking.
Boston Herald:
A mad scramble by bigwig Democrats to avoid a bloody primary and clear the field for U.S. Rep. Edward J. Markey in a U.S. Senate special election left at least one would-be candidate grousing yesterday - and some Republicans downright gleeful.
"They are freaked out," state Sen. Robert Hedlund (R-Weymouth) said after U.S. Sen. John F. Kerry, Victoria Kennedy and the party's Senate campaign committee all rushed to back Markey, a consummate Washington insider.
"Let them coalesce and let them have a non-primary situation...(Read Full Post)